Mon 1 Feb, 2010 11:54 am - The four tallest buildings in the world were all built since 2001, including the brand new Burj Khalifa tower in Dubai that is nearly twice as tall as the World Trade Center was (and more than 1000... (view)
Sat 23 Jan, 2010 09:44 pm - No, just put them up on the wall -- which is exactly the opposite of what they were designed for (i.e. not to be a static spectacle, an isolated work of art, but rather a dynamic part of a cultural... (view)
Sat 23 Jan, 2010 08:32 pm - I own more than 20 masks from Africa, most of which come from Cote d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso, and Mali but also from elsewhere in West Africa. They are very abstract and stylized for the most... (view)
Sat 23 Jan, 2010 09:05 am - [QUOTE=Didymos Thomas;121952]Or maybe an awesome "tribal" band around the arm.... or barbed wire! Though, I've always thought of getting a butterfly on my ankle... yes, that would be... (view)
Fri 22 Jan, 2010 08:52 pm - If I were ever so inclined, I'd get some obscure word tattooed in Japanese or Chinese characters, because it's so cool and it's never been done before. (view)
Sun 17 Jan, 2010 09:43 pm - [QUOTE=prothero;120734]I am just wondering how much of human behavior and hence of human survival and procreation you think are genetically mediated?[/QUOTE]I don't know. It's impossible... (view)
Sun 17 Jan, 2010 09:15 pm - They are inseparable. All animals have a social structure of some sort. Humans, with an extremely complex social structure, have biological codependency. This is somewhat genetically mediated and... (view)
Sun 17 Jan, 2010 08:49 pm - [QUOTE=prothero;120727]Does any other "natural" entity have those qualities?[/QUOTE]Not to my knowledge. I think many animals have a sort of proto-morality, but this takes form in... (view)
Sun 17 Jan, 2010 07:17 pm - [QUOTE=prothero;120686]Are we in some sense unique and have more power and more responsibility than other species? Or can we just claim whatever we do is "natural" and in scientific... (view)
Mon 11 Jan, 2010 09:10 pm - [QUOTE=Pythagorean;119217]Obama is a Marxist. There is absolutely no doubt about that.[/QUOTE]:lol:
How would Marx feel about bailing out private banks and investment companies? (view)
